Andrew Lusk Shields

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|office2 = Unofficial Member of the Legislative Council of Hong Kong

|term_start2 = 29 April 1938

|term_end2 = 25 December 1941

|predecessor2 = M. T. Johnson

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|appointed2 = Sir Geoffry Northcote

|office1 = Unofficial Member of the Executive Council of Hong Kong

|term_start1 = 8 July 1941

|term_end1 = 25 December 1941

|predecessor1 = S. H. Dodwell

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|appointed1 = Sir Mark Young

|office3 =Chairman of the Hongkong & Shanghai Banking Corporation

|term_start3 = February 1939

|term_end3 = February 1940

|predecessor3 = Thomas Ernest Pearce

|successor3 = H. V. Wikinson

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|birth_date = c. 1882

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|death_date = 24 July 1944 (aged 62)

|death_place = Occupied territory of Hong Kong

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Andrew Lusk Shields (c. 1882 – 24 July 1944) was a Scottish businessman and politician in Hong Kong. He died as a prisoner of war following the surrender of Hong Kong in 1941.

Life

Shields was born in about 1882. He joined Shewan, Tomes & Co. and succeeded Robert Shewan as a partner of the firm. He was also chairman of the Sandakan Light and Power Co.{{cite news|newspaper=The Singapore Free Press and Mercantile Advertiser|date=9 January 1934|page=10|title=A SMALL DEFICIT}} and had been on the board of directors of the Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation. He was elected chairman of the Hong Kong General Chamber of Commerce in 1938.{{cite book|title=Hong Kong General Chamber of Commerce: Report for the Year 1952|year=1953|work=The Hong Kong General Chamber of Commerce|publisher=Ye Olde Printerie, Ltd.|location=Hong Kong}}

He was an unofficial member of the Legislative Council from 1938 to 1941{{cite news|title=The Hong Kong Government Gazette|work=The Hong Kong Government|date=29 April 1938|number=333}} as representative of the Chamber of Commerce and was appointed to the Executive Council in April 1941.{{cite news|title=The Hong Kong Government Gazette|work=The Hong Kong Government|date=10 July 1941|number=825}} During his time on the Legislative Council, taxation was hotly debated. Shields, representing the Chamber of Commerce's interest, opposed the government's Income Tax Bill for the raising of revenue for war.{{cite news|newspaper=Hong Kong Daily Press|date=17 November 1939|title=Taxation in Hongkong Compared to Other Places|page=2}}

Shields was a keen sailor. He was the commodore of the Royal Hong Kong Yacht Club between 1927 and 1928, and was elected again in 1932,{{cite news|newspaper=The Hong Kong Telegraph|date=28 October 1932|title=New Commodore|page=11}} serving until 1936.{{cite book |title= The Quest of Noel Croucher: Hong Kong's Quiet Philanthropist|last= England|first= Vaudine |authorlink= |year= 1998|publisher= Hong Kong University Press|location= |isbn= 9789622094734|page= |pages= |url= |accessdate=}} He was also appointed honorary commander of the Hong Kong Naval Volunteer Force in January 1934.{{cite news|newspaper=The China Mail|date=1 January 1934|title=Naval Volunteer appointments.|page=9}} He was a member of the Hong Kong Naval Volunteer Advisory Committee.{{cite news|title=The Hong Kong Government Gazette|work=The Hong Kong Government|date=24 June 1937|number=442}}

Shields was also president of the St. Andrew's Society, a club for Scotsmen in Hong Kong, in 1932 and elected chief-captain in 1933.{{cite news|newspaper=The Hong Kong Telegraph|date=30 September 1933|title=New Commodore}}

He held public offices including, among others, member of the Volunteer Advisory Committee{{cite news|title=The Hong Kong Government Gazette|work=The Hong Kong Government|date=24 August 1938|number=659}} and Appeal Tribunal under the Compulsory Service Ordinance,{{cite news|title=The Hong Kong Government Gazette|work=The Hong Kong Government|date=28 October 1940|number=1197}} and acted as a member of the Authorized Architects Consulting Committee,{{cite news|title=The Hong Kong Government Gazette|work=The Hong Kong Government|date=18 July 1941|number=857}} the Shipping Control Board,{{cite news|title=The Hong Kong Government Gazette|work=The Hong Kong Government|date=4 July 1941|number=803}} and as the chairman of the Essential Commodities Board during the absence of Stanley Hudson Dodwell.{{cite news|title=The Hong Kong Government Gazette|work=The Hong Kong Government|date=4 July 1941|number=802}}

During the Battle of Hong Kong, he was escorted through the Japanese lines from the Repulse Bay Hotel and gave Major-General Christopher Maltby an account of the Japanese forces and equipment. He tried to persuade Maltby to surrender but Maltby decided to fight on.{{cite web|title=Chronology of Events Related to Stanley Civilian Internment Camp|url=http://gwulo.com/node/9901|work=Gwulo: Old Hong Kong|access-date=11 December 2013}} Hong Kong finally surrendered on 25 December 1941{{cite web|first=Klemen |last=L |url=https://warfare.gq/dutcheastindies/december5.html |title=Chronology of the Dutch East Indies, 25 December 1941 – 31 December 1941 |date=1999–2000 |work=Forgotten Campaign: The Dutch East Indies Campaign 1941–1942 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120111042226/http://www.dutcheastindies.webs.com/december5.html |archive-date=11 January 2012 }} which is now referred to as "Black Christmas".{{cite news|title=Hong Kong's 'Black Christmas|url=http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/cndy/2008-12/08/content_7279606.htm|access-date=19 December 2013|newspaper=China Daily|date=8 December 2008}}

Shields became a prisoner of war and died at the Stanley Internment Camp on 24 July 1944 at the age of 62. His wife was repatriated with the Canadians.{{cite book|title=We Shall Suffer There: Hong Kong's Defenders Imprisoned, 1942–45|first=Tony|last=Banham|publisher=Hong Kong University Press|year=2009|page=169}}